Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”

"I can't get my hands on these kids." Keep your hands off our kids, Jeanine. Sure seems like the Trump administration has real "kids" problems.

Next they'll want the Jewish students and faculty to mark themselves, in some way, carry some sort of special identification, FOR THEIR PROTECTION, of course. Why would anybody think otherwise??? WE LIVE IN THE FUCKING CRAZY PLACE

EPSTEIN FILES Breaking news on Lawrence O'Donnell show. All of Jeffrey Epstein's hard drives were in the possession of Epstein's private investigators, and may have NEVER been searched by the justice department.

Florida resident: I struggle every day. And I'm taking care of my mom who's being denied simple things like breathing meds. I don't eat this week because I have to take mom to the doctor tomorrow. Q: If you could pick one word to describe the economy, what would it be? Florida resident: Desolate.

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

In Florida, over 10,000 HIV-positive people were at risk of losing access to their medications after changes enacted by the state health agency to cut costs took effect on March 1.

neal stephenson also dislikes the pervert glasses www.theverge.com/tech/899797/...

This is what Republicans controlling all 3 branches of government looks like.

This is wild: a company is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for $$$. Some meeting participants only found out after we told them. Included meeting on protecting kids from ICE, was supposed to be private www.404media.co/this-company...

People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos

North Oaks, Minnesota is home to united healthcare executives and various CEOs. It's also the only city in the US that is not on Google Street View. A documentary filmmaker set out to change that. pretty interesting look at who gets privacy in America and how www.404media.co/mapping-goog...

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

A tax season reminder that Intuit TurboTax lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Trump then terminated the free IRS Direct File program established under Biden, just a year after the tax prep giant gave his inauguration fund $1M. Do you see how this works?

oh my god I cannot stop laughing x.com/om_patel5/st...

Lovely

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

I wrote about Kat.

We had this kid in Junior High who - if he asked a girl to dance and she said no - he’d insist he didn’t really wanna dance with her and was just checking to see if she was a jerk.

it would be a shame if we all posted pictures like this.

This was also a nightly observation in Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. I’m so glad some reporting is out on it now.

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Proud to be the 2,001st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Roll With History - Mini Museum + Fanroll Dice! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... Can't wait to get my dino dice!

Two times nothing is still nothing. #TeslaTakedown

This week's WHITE MEAT horror recommendation is SATAN'S SLAVES (2017). Some movies are just plain scary. www.imdb.com/title/tt7076...

Highly recommend listening to the whole conversation. Platner is an extraordinary political communicator. I have rarely heard better.

Windows Weekly goes live from the ThreatLocker Conference. @leolaporte.me and @richcampbell.bsky.social bring Microsoft and enterprise security analysis from the floor with @thurrott.bsky.social Watch: buff.ly/JjRc6sr Subscribe: buff.ly/ay5zDXn

What in the absolute fuck is this.

Last year the VA abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a veteran who's been struggling because of this, we want to hear your story.

This is the way.

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

I read American Canto and I think it’s wonderful. haha jk

Gullah-Geechee descendants on Sapelo Island may be facing a massive property tax increase that could open the doors for developers to turn the island into a vacation spot for the rich A meeting for property owners to give feedback is scheduled for today

Paging @lpotl.bsky.social We've got a new murderous cult story unfolding.

I swear Americans have the long term memory of a fucking cockroach. Why did the original ACA bill, which offered a PRIVATE option to compete with insurance companies get revised, removing the public option and center the ACA around for-profit insurance? BECAUSE REPUBLICANS wouldn't vote for it.

BREAKING: The Eleventh Circuit grants Florida’s request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary’s of Orlando. The preliminary injunction blocking all enforcement had been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years at this point. www.lawdork.com/p/florida-an...

Bumping this due to the horrible things that distracted us: If you would like to be able to have free speech in your own emails, your blog, your social etc., and you vote in RI, maybe look up Section 230 and if you agree getting rid of it is foolhardy, call Sen Whitehouse’s office voice mail today

New Article: Why Are So Many Top Apple Executives Leaving? On MacBreak Weekly, find out whether Apple's many executive departures signal trouble in Cupertino—or just business as usual.

Yesterday my book on Howard Zinn, "The People's Historian", out 8/26, was made available for preorder from the publisher's website. Preorders often determine how much stores `get behind a book so if ya like my work, or dig on Zinn, please consider an early buy. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724993...

"I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get these decorative gourds the fuck out of my house. The clock expired on these goofy goose-necked bastards about six weeks ago, but I pushed it, and shit got real on me."

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace!

So for anyone worried about this issue, @lorriecranor.bsky.social has written a book for young children (and their parents) that teaches them about privacy. It's sweet, and gives children the words to express their need for space to think and develop on their own. Check it out: privacypleasebook.com

Generally, it is #legal to film law enforcement if they are in a public place within public view, said Scott Sternberg, a New Orleans-based First Amendment lawyer. Police also cannot stop you from filming, he said. www.nola.com/news/new-orl...

New Orleans is getting ready

Hegseth refusing to hand over his phone to the IG investigation is a pretty big sign they're still using Signal to share classified military info.

New Article: Is TikTok a National Security Threat? An Ex-Spy Explains Why AI and Social Media Matter Intelligent Machines explores how AI-driven networks like TikTok are now front lines in information warfare, according to Dr. Anthony Vinci.

BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. That makes 214. We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.